a05f7892-945c-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6nonGeographicDatasetCommonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)02 6249 9966Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh DrGPO Box 378CanberraACT2601Australiaclientservices@ga.gov.aupointOfContact1999-07-20T00:00:00ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata1.1Arafura and Money Shoals Basins Biozonation and Stratigraphy Chart No. 31997-01-01T00:00:00publication23336Producthttp://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/23336/ga-dataSetURINicoll, R.S.1author3Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy that uses fossils to establish relative ages of rock and correlate successions of sedimentary rocks within and between depositional basins. A biozone is an interval of geologic strata characterised by certain fossil taxa. Such intervals are often defined by the first appearances (range bases), apparent extinctions (range tops/last appearances), or abundances of fossil index species. These key index species should be relatively abundant, short-lived taxa that are easy to recognise and as geographically widespread as possible. Widely used fossil groups include brachiopods, conodonts, dinoflagellate cysts, foraminifera, graptolites, nannofossil, spores and pollen and trilobites. Zonal schemes based on several different fossil groups can be used in parallel, and the zones can be calibrated to the absolute geological timescale using tie points to rocks which have been radio-isotopically dated.Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)ownerCommonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)Manager Client Services02 6249 9966Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378CanberraACT2601Australiaclientservices@ga.gov.aucustodianunknownunknownunknownGA PublicationChartstratigraphythemeAU-NTEarth SciencesAustralian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)2008-03-31T00:00:00+11:00publicationAustralian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/1297.0Main%20Features32008?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1297.0&issue=2008&num=&view=owner9780642483584licenselicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenceunclassifiedengutf8geoscientificInformationCommonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)02 6249 9966Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh DrGPO Box 378CanberraACT2601Australiasales@ga.gov.audistributor20.02011-04-21T00:04:00onLinehardcopyhttps://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/23336/Arafura_Money_Shoal_Basins1994.pdfFile downloadDownload the file (pdf)downloadnonGeographicDatasetGA PublicationUnknownSource data not available.unclassified